Hammer



Jan. 30, 1923.

43,864 H. BLUSTEIN ET AL.

MER. FILED I4. 1922.

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HAMMER.

Application filed April 14, 1922. Serial No. 552,557.

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Be it known that we, HARRY BLUSTEIN and EDWARD EUGENE RHODES, citizens of the United States, residing at Charleston, in the county of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hammers, or which the following is a specification. This invention relates to hammers and has for its primaryobject, the provision of a construction'by means of which the nail can be conveniently associated with the hammer so as to be partly driven home upon the initial stroke of the hammer, thereby permitting nails to be driven by one-armed persons, and also permitting nails to be driven by other persons in places where it is impossible to hold the nail with one hand and the hammer in the other hand.

More specifically stated, the hammer is provided with a head designed to provide a shoulder and a groove in which the nail is arranged with the head oi the nail resting against the head of the shoulder and a resilient clamp associated with the head and disposed to hold the nail in. said groove so that the nail can be partly driven home upon the initial stroke of the hammer, and the hammer subsequently separated from the nail.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood'when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in'the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this application, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hammer constructed in accordance with the invention, and showing the manner or holding the nail associated therewith.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the hammer head.

Figured is a detail view of the resilient clamp.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 indicates the handle of the tool upon one end or" which is arranged the head 11. As shown in this particular instance, the tool is in the nature of a hammer, but it is desired to have it understood that the tool maybe of any.

suitable character, such as a hatchet or the like which may embody the essential fea-' tures of the invention.

As illustrated, the head His formed to provide a shoulder 12, and a groove 13, the groove being spaced from theslioulderand arranged substantially at a rightangl'e thereto'. The opposed sides of the head are also bevelled as at 14C and each side, immediately beneath the bevelled portion is provided with a groove 15. The nail to be driven is placed in the groove 13 of the head, with the head of the nail bearing againstthe shoulder'12, and in order to hold the nail thusassociated with the head of the tool, we make use of a resilient clamping member 16. This member is or" substantially U-shaped formation in cross section, and is adapted to straddle the head of the tool as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the parallel sides 17 of said clamp being indented or otherwise provided with longitudinally disposed ribs 18 to assist in holding the clamping member associated with the head. When this member ribs 18 snap into the grooves 15. The members are also provided with a tongue 19 which is obliquely disposed with respect to the body of the clamp, being inclined in a direction of the groove 13 which it overlies. This tongue 19 bears against the shank of the nail to hold the latter properly positioned in the groove 13, but permits the hammer to be easily separated from the nail at the proper time. After the nail has been associated with the head of the tool, the latter can be raised, and the nail partly driven home upon the initial stroke of the tool, after which the tool can be separated from the nail and the tool used in the. ordinary manner to drive the nail fully home. It will be further noted that by reason of the construction and the manner of associatingthe resilient clamp with the head of the tool,

that the head is absolutely prevented from coming oil the handle. The clip being directly connectedwith the head of the tool and held associated by means of the ribs seated within the corresponding grooves covering the wedge, usually employed to hold the handle and head or the tool fixed relatively, and as the clamp prevents the wedge from working loose from the handle,

it follows that the handle cannot become casually separated from the head.

is clamped over-the head 11 of the tool, the

While it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, we desire to have it understood that we do not limit ourselves to what is herein shown and described, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall with in the scope of what is claimed.

What we claim is 1. In combination, a tool including a handle, a head associated with one end there of, a shoulder formed on said head, said head having a groove arranged at a right angle to said shoulder and adapted to receive the shank of a nail, with the head thereof bearing against said shoulder, a resilient clamping member of substantially U-shaped formation in cross section adapted to straddle the head of the tool, and a tongue projecting from one end of said clamp and obliquely disposed with respect thereto, said tongue overlying the shank of the nail and arranged to hold the'latter associated with the head of said tool.

2. In combination, a handle, a tool head arranged at one end of the handle and having a groove, a shoulder formed on said head and arranged at a right angle to said groove, the opposed sides of said head having grooves, a resilient clamp of substait tially J-shaped formation in cross sectioi'a straddling said head, an obliquely disposed tongue projecting from one end of the clamp and overlying the first mentioned grooves, and longitudinally disposed ribs carried by said clamp and adapted to be received by the grooves in the opposed sides of the head for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

HARRY BLUSTEIN. EDWARD EUGENE RHODES. 

